Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-02-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 290, Heifers 668, Bulls 371)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $246.44/cwt on 668 head.

Average price

$246.44

668 head · 512 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,262

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$149

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1

$17.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.96

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	470	254.30	1,194	126
Medium and Large 2	506	249.32	1,261	304
Small 1	492	242.75	1,195	78
Medium and Large 1	568	236.58	1,343	160

One grade step is worth $17.73/cwt here — about −$149 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale668 hd

246.44

—

VA average8 barns · 1,344 hd

239.48

+6.96

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

59 lots · USDA AMS · Lynchburg Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Rustburg, VA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,712	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	935	1
Steers	Small 1	—	619	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,448	5
Steers	Small 1	—	545	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,324	14
Steers	Small 1	—	363	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	908	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	733	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,737	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,691	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	455	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,274	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	590	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,446	1
Steers	Small 1	—	451	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,037	5
Steers	Small 1	—	720	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,577	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,244	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,101	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,764	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,397	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	353	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,218	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	548	291.50/cwt	291.50–291.50	1,597	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	295.50/cwt	295.50–295.50	1,339	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	277.23/cwt	270.00–278.50	1,511	32
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	265.08/cwt	249.00–266.00	1,710	18
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	521	258.72/cwt	220.00–264.00	1,348	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	625	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,544	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	386	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,013	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	342	337.26/cwt	299.00–340.00	1,153	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	488	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,303	46
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	565	254.15/cwt	237.00–255.00	1,436	41
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	418	320.91/cwt	298.00–322.25	1,341	37
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	630	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,462	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	356	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,175	12
Bulls	Small 1	—	424	252.27/cwt	225.00–255.00	1,070	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	318.52/cwt	299.00–319.00	1,338	43
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	560	250.17/cwt	218.00–251.00	1,401	40
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	496	267.75/cwt	255.00–269.00	1,328	44
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	629	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	1,450	12
Bulls	Small 1	—	346	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	862	8
Heifers	Small 1	—	366	263.17/cwt	240.00–265.00	963	14
Bulls	Small 1	—	490	234.95/cwt	200.00–240.00	1,151	16
Heifers	Small 1	—	544	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	1,270	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	645	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,413	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	462	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,201	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	998	7
Heifers	Small 1	—	455	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,142	29
Bulls	Small 1	—	564	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,280	16
Heifers	Small 1	—	720	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,433	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,186	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	644	218.61/cwt	211.00–219.00	1,408	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,103	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	547	239.75/cwt	239.75–239.75	1,311	30
Heifers	Small 1	—	629	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,365	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	242.19/cwt	234.00–242.50	1,339	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,473	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	360	271.50/cwt	271.50–271.50	977	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	732	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,519	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,153	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	544	242.54/cwt	233.00–242.75	1,319	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	453	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,187	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	366	277.18/cwt	259.00–278.00	1,014	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	637	216.55/cwt	216.50–219.00	1,379	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	660	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,419	1

How this sale compares

Virginia weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Virginia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Lynchburg Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Rustburg, VA

Mon Feb 26, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Richmond, VA (LS-RH)

Receipts 1,329Last week 1,482Year ago 1,217

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 290, Heifers 668, Bulls 371)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	640	267.50	267.50
1	—	755	224.00	224.00
1	—	590	245.00	245.00
7	—	367	339.00	339.00
1	—	430	256.00	256.00
19	—	738	239.00	239.00
47	—	548	291.50	291.50
26	—	453	295.50	295.50
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	619	234.00	234.00
14	—	545	243.00	243.00
5	—	363	250.00	250.00
5	—	451	230.00	230.00
1	—	720	219.00	219.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	733	237.00	237.00
26	—	458	305.00	305.00
20	—	353	345.00	345.00
32	—	545	270.00–278.50	277.23
18	—	645	249.00–266.00	265.08
1	—	445	259.00	259.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	455	280.00	280.00
8	—	521	220.00–264.00	258.72
6	—	625	247.00	247.00
3	—	386	262.50	262.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	220.00	220.00
11	—	645	219.00	219.00
46	—	462	260.00	260.00
30	—	547	239.75	239.75
37	—	360	271.50	271.50
1	—	660	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	366	240.00–265.00	263.17
25	—	544	233.50	233.50
29	—	455	251.00	251.00
2	—	720	199.00	199.00
8	—	629	217.00	217.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	367	272.00	272.00
35	—	456	260.00	260.00
41	—	644	211.00–219.00	218.61
58	—	553	234.00–242.50	242.19
19	—	729	202.00	202.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	426	259.00	259.00
11	—	732	207.50	207.50
92	—	544	233.00–242.75	242.54
105	—	453	262.00	262.00
45	—	366	259.00–278.00	277.18
47	—	637	216.50–219.00	216.55
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	342	299.00–340.00	337.26
43	—	420	299.00–319.00	318.52
40	—	560	218.00–251.00	250.17
44	—	496	255.00–269.00	267.75
12	—	629	230.50	230.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	488	267.00	267.00
41	—	565	237.00–255.00	254.15
37	—	418	298.00–322.25	320.91
16	—	630	232.00	232.00
12	—	356	330.00	330.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	424	225.00–255.00	252.27
8	—	346	249.00	249.00
16	—	490	200.00–240.00	234.95
16	—	564	227.00	227.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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